Pain during squats?

[Complex89]

Has anyone ever experienced a dull pain, starting from where the femur connects to the pelvis and ending about 2 to 3 inches down?

I just started doing deep squats and I'm thinking it may be because my body isn't use to that yet. But if this isn't normal, then could it be a serious injury? I didn't begin to feel the pain until around day 3 of me doing squats. I only feel the pain when I squat down to parallel or lower. This occurs with or without weight, now. Its been like this since 6/21. The last day I did squats was on 6/24. I figured I should stop doing them until this pain subsides.

[yettiatcpg]

well I hate to be the barer of bad news...
sounds like you may have strained a leg/ hip joint or hip to pelvis attachment point. could have everything to do with your form. take a couple days off and let it rest. if its your lower back where the hips attach then you don't want to aggravate it.

when you come back to do squats I would like to recommend the "Goblet squat" its main purpose its correcting bad form. you hold a dumbbell in you hand vertically and let one end hang. I started out with a 35lber. you can get very deep in squats and still have bad form. if you do these right the form comes. you look straight ahead at a mirror. your back will stay straight and the whole movement is in you legs and glutes where it should be.

oh yeah ice is your friend. freeze a wet towel and then use it on your back when it starts to thaw. once its soft enough to move without tearing its easier on your back where you can't lay on an ice pack.

[nv2012jid]

Ive had this issue before. It could be that you are just very tight so just continue with weight that doesn't stress you too much. If the dull ache gets worse it could develop into some tendonitis where you need to stop doing the movements that cause it. Just be careful and take things easy.

[InsanelyFit]

Try stretching, foam rolling

[Complex89]

well I hate to be the barer of bad news...
sounds like you may have strained a leg/ hip joint or hip to pelvis attachment point. could have everything to do with your form. take a couple days off and let it rest. if its your lower back where the hips attach then you don't want to aggravate it.

when you come back to do squats I would like to recommend the "Goblet squat" its main purpose its correcting bad form. you hold a dumbbell in you hand vertically and let one end hang. I started out with a 35lber. you can get very deep in squats and still have bad form. if you do these right the form comes. you look straight ahead at a mirror. your back will stay straight and the whole movement is in you legs and glutes where it should be.

oh yeah ice is your friend. freeze a wet towel and then use it on your back when it starts to thaw. once its soft enough to move without tearing its easier on your back where you can't lay on an ice pack.

Thanks for the input.

I don't know if this little bit of extra info will change anything, but I feel no pain or strain anywhere else on my body, except for in that spot I mentioned. On the front of my quads.

[Complex89]

Try stretching, foam rolling

Have any stretches that could hit that particular area?
I mean I could just google it myself, but I figured I would ask you first just in case you already had some. Lol

[Complex89]

Ive had this issue before. It could be that you are just very tight so just continue with weight that doesn't stress you too much. If the dull ache gets worse it could develop into some tendonitis where you need to stop doing the movements that cause it. Just be careful and take things easy.

Yeah. Same thing I was thinking. I'm hoping its just as simple as me being very tight. I just started doing squats and already had to take a week off. Man...

[yettiatcpg]

if you are just fighting tight quad pain that's easy to fix. I use a leg press machine with just a couple plates. I set the back at 90* and use it to stretch with. I let it come to the bottom of travel and hold for a 5 count. then push it back up without using your arms or hands on the back of your knees. I place my feet high on the foot board and point my toes out on each side. when I get the most out of it is when I have the most weight I can handle that low. I can manage 5 plates ten times. its hard to come up from that low on the machine. the key is to get your knees up by your shoulders when compressed. do it light or with no weight and see if you can get past the issue you have.

[Riffo]

Have any stretches that could hit that particular area?
I mean I could just google it myself, but I figured I would ask you first just in case you already had some. Lol

Defranco's agile eight. Best stretches to immptrove squats

[tidnab]

Have any stretches that could hit that particular area?
I mean I could just google it myself, but I figured I would ask you first just in case you already had some. Lol

Is it your hip flexor?

[Complex89]

Is it your hip flexor?

Yes! That's exactly what it is!

I didn't know the term until you said it and I googled it.

[Complex89]

if you are just fighting tight quad pain that's easy to fix. I use a leg press machine with just a couple plates. I set the back at 90* and use it to stretch with. I let it come to the bottom of travel and hold for a 5 count. then push it back up without using your arms or hands on the back of your knees. I place my feet high on the foot board and point my toes out on each side. when I get the most out of it is when I have the most weight I can handle that low. I can manage 5 plates ten times. its hard to come up from that low on the machine. the key is to get your knees up by your shoulders when compressed. do it light or with no weight and see if you can get past the issue you have.

Duly noted. Greatly appreciated.

[Complex89]

Defranco's agile eight. Best stretches to immptrove squats

Looks nice. I gotta get me a foam roller.
I'm definitely gonna try this out, too. See which one of these ideas presented to me I like more.

[tidnab]

Yes! That's exactly what it is!

I didn't know the term until you said it and I googled it.

Solution: stretch/foam roll hip flexors.